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📢 Landmark Family Law Case: Re XY Twins – Transparency & Safeguarding in the Spotlight
26th Feb 2025
This rare and significant decision raises important questions about transparency, accountability, and safeguarding in unregulated childcare professions.
🔎 Read the full judgments & media responses here:
📌 Case Judgment 413: https://assets.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/413/ewfc_b_2024_413.pdf
📌 Case Judgment 414: https://assets.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/414/ewfc_b_2024_414.pdf
📌 Transparency Project Report: https://transparencyproject.org.uk/re-xy-twins-another-family-court-judgment-names-an-individual-to-warn-parents/
📌 The DailyMail.com Report: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14425217/Private-nurse-grievous-injuries-newborn-twins-unmasked.html
📌 The Sun Report: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33515448/judge-names-nanny-baby-twins-injuries/
📌 British Nanny Association Response: https://www.facebook.com/britishnannyassociationuk/photos/a-sad-day-and-what-we-have-been-trying-to-avoidthe-recent-case-involving-emily-w/122178016106108286/?_rdr
⚖️ This case highlights the urgent need for stronger safeguarding measures and transparency in childcare professions. What are your thoughts on the implications of this judgment? Let’s continue the conversation.
Case summary here: Re XY Twins Inflicted Injury – Judgments Summary
🔹 Summary prepared by Pupil Barrister Tamara McCarthy.
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Barristers Susan Quinn (for the mother) and Tim Potter (for the father), both from Four Brick Court Chambers, were involved as junior counsel in this high-profile case, which has since:
✅ Garnered media attention in DailyMail.com & The Sun
✅ Received responses from The Transparency Project & National Nanny Association UK, which is now calling for MP intervention in childcare regulation
✅ Reinforced the importance of open justice & public protection in family law